LLANHILLETH MINERS INSTITUTE LTD

Registered charity 1128924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing educational, cultural and recreational opportunities to promote health and well beingStrengthening ties to provide facility that is accessible and inclusive for Aberbeeg, Brynithel, Llanhilleth and SwffrydProvide resource where new skills can be learned enabling personal and professional development.Developing financially viable social enterprise for benefit of local community

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LLANHILLETH WARD AND LOCAL AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATION TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: LLANHILLETH WARD AND LOCAL AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Blaenau Gwent, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £33,155 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with total incoming resources of £795,889 primarily derived from grants. Unrestricted reserves stood at £42,459, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £60,000 (equivalent to three months of expenditure). The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06056945

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ETCHELLS, Mark — director, appointed 19/08/2022on trustee list
• LEWIS, Wayne — director, appointed 15/08/2022on trustee list
• MORGAN, Jade — director, appointed 15/08/2022on trustee list
• CARTER, Kerry — director, appointed 18/05/2022on trustee list
• FIANDER, Philip Terence — director, appointed 06/07/2018on trustee list
• WHYATT, Thomas John — director, appointed 15/01/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas John Whyattchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jade Morgan
• Kerry Carter
• Mark Etchells
• Philip Terence Fiander
• Wayne Lewis

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Torfaen

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINDENGATE.

• LINDENGATE income £434k
• THE LYNCHMERE SOCIETY income £62k
• LYNEMOUTH MINERS WELFARE INSTITUTE income £28k
• BILSTHORPE MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME income £99k
• CAERPHILLY MINERS CENTRE FOR THE COMMUNITY income £236k
• SHIREOAKS MINERS' WELFARE RECREATION GROUND income £206k

Side by side with its peers

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